北师大版小学六年级英语教材

英语小故事：猴子捞月
one day,a little monkey is playing by the well.
一天，有只小猴子在井边玩儿。
he looks in the well and shouts : 
它往井里一瞧，高喊道：
“oh!my god!the moon has fallen into the well!”
“噢！我的天！月亮掉到井里头啦！”
an older monkeys runs over, takes a look,and says,
一只大猴子跑来一看，说，
“goodness me!the moon is really in the water!”
“糟啦！月亮掉在井里头啦！”
and olderly monkey comes over. 
老猴子也跑过来。
he is very surprised as well and cries out:
他也非常惊奇，喊道：
“the moon is in the well.”
“糟了，月亮掉在井里头了！”
a group of monkeys run over to the well .
一群猴子跑到井边来，
they look at the moon in the well and shout:
他们看到井里的月亮，喊道：
“the moon did fall into the well!come on!let’get it out!”
“月亮掉在井里头啦！快来！让我们把它捞起来！”
then,the oldest monkey hangs on the tree up side down ,with his feet on the branch .
然后，老猴子倒挂在大树上，
and he pulls the next monkey’s feet with his hands.
拉住大猴子的脚，
all the other monkeys follow his suit,
其他的猴子一个个跟着，
and they join each other one by one down to the moon in the well.
它们一只连着一只直到井里。
just before they reach the moon,the oldest monkey raises his head and happens to see the moon in the sky,
正好他们摸到月亮的时候，老猴子抬头发现月亮挂在天上呢
he yells excitedly “don’t be so foolish!the moon is still in the sky!”
它兴奋地大叫：“别蠢了！月亮还好好地挂在天上呢！” 

鹬蚌相争 a snipe and a clam locked in a fight
a clam swam to the bank and opened its shell in the sun. a snipe flew over and saw a piece of red meat on the ground, so it dived to the ground and pecked at the clam. before the snipe drew back its beak, it was gripped tightly inside because the clam suddenly felt a sharp pain and closed its shell quickly. the snipe shook its head violently to cast off the clam, but it failed no matter how hard it tried.
the snipe said angrily, "listen, you clam, it's not going to rain today, neither will it tomorrow. then you'll die from thirst. so quick! let me off!"
the clam was angry too. "you listen, i won't let you off today, and i won't let you off tomorrow, either. then you'll die of hunger. do you still dare to eat me?"
the snipe and clam were locked in fight and quarreled, and neither of them liked to give in first. just at that moment, an old fisherman came. he picked them up and took them home for dinner.
the story tells us that the third party will have an advantage fall into his lap when the other two parties are locked in combat for their own personal interests.
一天，河里的蚌游到岸边，把蚌壳张开晒太阳。这时候鹬飞过，看到一块鲜美的肉在地上，就想吃到嘴里。鹬用嘴一啄，蚌突然感到一阵疼痛，立即把蚌壳合了起来。鹬的长嘴就被夹住了。鹬想把蚌甩掉，就拼命的用力甩头，可是蚌夹的非常紧，鹬怎么也甩不掉。
鹬生气地说："蚌你听着，今天不下雨，明天也不下雨，就把你渴死了，你还不快松开！"
蚌也着急地说："鹬你听着，今天我不放开你，明天不放开你，就会把你饿死。你还敢吃我吗？"
鹬和蚌互不相让。这时候来了个打鱼的老人，看到缠在一起的鹬和蚌，就把它们一起抓走了。
这个故事是说，为了私利，各不相让，会导致两败俱伤，反而会让第三个人得到好处。